The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-07-24

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of the shepherd. The differences in the
two incidents is that, in Humphreys
case, the shepherd did not arrive.
The ride from Salina to RichGeld was
a memorable one; the night was dark,
the roads were terrible; the wagon.
heavy lumber rig-the best vehicle tn
be had, however, pitcheu and tossed
a d swayed violently from side to side
in the rutty road, like boat in q
choppy sea. The result was all that
could be expected on the six-year old,
who became quite sea-sick. He kept
raising the question, and throwing il up
to us all the way to RichGeld.
Among the kind friends met here
we're w. 81. SeegmilIer, whose guests
we were; Sheriff Clark, George K.
Bean, and Ike" Wright, the last
named au old Salt Laker; who, his
friends will be pleased to hear lis prosper
ing at his Observation-Disclosures the
thriving
WIDE AWAKE CAPITAL OF SEWER.
Bishop Joseph Horne, a branch of
the well-known and highly esteemed
Fourteenth Ward family. presides over
one of the two wards of Richfield. We
also formed the acquaintance of the
talented lady who writes for the Con-
tribU or and Exponent over the nom de
plume of Ruby Lamont" She resides
ut GleDwood, but is in temporary
charge of the Telegraph Office in Rich
ield.
AT Monroe, Bishop Cooper was our
entertainer. Monroe boasts q warm
spring of soda and iron, b1bbling out
at the base of the mountain few hun
dred yards from the edge of town.
Its curative properties are said to equal
those OF our own Warm and Hot
Springs. whats the excitement"
exclaimed a horseman, squirting IN
hot haste towards US, as we rode awaV
next morning. Oar light two-seaLed
rig, with its four occupants, created as
much of a STIR, passing through the
streets of this quiet little village, as did
the Salt Lake Fourth Of July procession,
"DRY BENCH HYDEANT"
and all. What we have always regarded
as a cansrd, that storekeepers in the
southern settlements die of heart
disease every time customer comes in,
may have an element OF truth in it
after all.
Night found Us in Circleville-some
call it Mosquito borough; and that's
where they do burrow and no mistake
where Bishop Peterson and Store
keeper Morrill, did all they could Tor our
comfort; and on the afternoon of the
day following we were eating "pan-
guitch," delicIously fried as the boun-
teous board of President ]. w. Crosby,
who is at present absent from home.
Panguitch, the name of this thrifty
though somewhat scattered little town,
in Lamanitish parlance means "6sh,'
which fill, in sp ckled abundance, the
waters of a beautiful lake, some fifteen
miles up in the mountains, and furnish
the tables of the towns inhabitants
with fine article of diet. Many OF the
people were away, summering on the
shores of
THIS PLEASANT RESORT.
Panguitch has quite number eff new
buildings, of brick-a gsod quality of
which is burnt re-including the
stake meeting house, not quite finished
q handsome structure, the weather vane
of which sports the image of a large fish
indicative of the title of the town.
Thirtv-ive miles further on, we halt
at Wool ey s, in Upper Kanab, delight
full retreat. the home OF Dee w ,olley
and Dan Seegmiller, who entertained us
in true western style. Those worthless
are the owners of cozy little valley up
in the tops of the mountains, where
they live, like the horse, cattle and
sheep kings that they are, upon the
very fat of the land:
A land where poets might love to dwell,
Of'forest and me 4dow and mountain dell:
Where the red cliffs blush neat the Grim
son sun,
At rosy mora, or when day is done,
Like maid meath the glance of the adoring
one.
Where cream, rich as Cresus, from COWS
thorough bred
But 1 spare you an idyll; enough has been
said.
THE "KIBAB" CATTLE ASSOCIATION,
in which the Hon. John W. Young is q
leading spirit, has its headquarters
here. Several of his boys are
employed by the company, and are
said to be doing very well.
Orderville, eighteen miles down the
canyon, is the spot where the last stand
was made for the United Order, now
extinct. James A. Little, Heber Clay
ton, Graham Mcdonald, and others
well-known a few years ago IN the
counties farther north, reside in this
vicinity.
Things in Southern Utah seem pros
porous generally, Notwithstanding
raiding deputies, rabbits, and other
pests that nave plagued the good peo-
pie for some time past. The sheep and
cattle on thousand hills are fat and
sleek, and the crops are looking we'll
The hay yield is a third lighter than
usual, am told.
The little village of Hillsdale, ten
miles south of Panguitch, has been
abandoned for about year, owing tc
the destructive rabbits. that literally
swarm in this region. The sheep men
have killed off the wolves, and the
rabbits consequently multiply rapidly
| to the destruction. as far as thel]
capacity extends, of everything greer
that grows. IAGo,
WAY Down SOUTH, July 20, 1887.
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